LEADER 03557nam 2200721 a 450 001 9910808621903321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8135-4866-7 024 7 $a10.36019/9780813548661 035 $a(CKB)2520000000007890 035 $a(EBL)896363 035 $a(OCoLC)593320890 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000334596 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11266815 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000334596 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10270852 035 $a(PQKB)10901698 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse8016 035 $a(DE-B1597)530238 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780813548661 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL896363 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10367283 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL915494 035 $a(OCoLC)1163878139 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC896363 035 $a(EXLCZ)992520000000007890 100 $a20081008d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 13$aAn American in the making $ethe life story of an immigrant /$fM.E. Ravage ; edited and with an introduction by Steven G. Kellman 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aNew Brunswick, N.J. $cRutgers University Press$dc2009 215 $a1 online resource (248 p.) 225 1 $aMulti-ethnic literatures of the Americas 300 $a"First published by Harper & Brothers in 1917 and 1936"--T.p. verso. 311 $a0-8135-4537-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. xxx-xxxi). 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tChronology -- $tIntroduction -- $tA Note On The Text -- $tAn American In The Making -- $tContents -- $tIntroduction -- $tPART ONE. The Alien at Home -- $tPART TWO. The Alien Abroad -- $tPART THREE. The Education of an American -- $tPART FOUR. America of the Americans -- $tPART FIVE. Postscript: Twenty Years Later 330 $aAt the turn of the twentieth century, M. E. Ravage set off in steerage for America, one of almost two million Jews who, like millions of others from eastern and southern Europe, were lured by tales of worldly success. Seventeen years after arriving on Ellis Island, Ravage had mastered a new language, found success in college, and engagingly penned in English this vivid account of the ordeals and pleasures of departure and assimilation. Steven G. Kellman brings Ravage's story to life again in this new edition, providing a brief biography and introduction that place the memoir within historical and literary contexts. An American in the Making contributes to a broader understanding of the global notion of "America" and remains timely, especially in an era when massive immigration, now from Latin America and Asia, challenges ideas of national identity. 410 0$aMulti-ethnic literatures of the Americas. 606 $aRomanian Americans$vBiography 606 $aJews$zUnited States$vBiography 606 $aImmigrants$zUnited States$vBiography 606 $aRomanians$xCultural assimilation$zUnited States$vCase studies 606 $aAcculturation$zUnited States$vCase studies 615 0$aRomanian Americans 615 0$aJews 615 0$aImmigrants 615 0$aRomanians$xCultural assimilation 615 0$aAcculturation 676 $a305.89591/073 700 $aRavage$b M. E$g(Marcus Eli),$f1884-1965.$01716198 701 $aKellman$b Steven G.$f1947-$01088546 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910808621903321 996 $aAn American in the making$94111382 997 $aUNINA